Investment In Innovation Critical To Achieving Health-Related SDGs June 17, 2015 News Summary Devex: We won’t meet health-related SDGs if we don’t invest in innovation Amie Batson, chief strategy officer at PATH “The sustainable development goals won’t be finalized until September, but people are already debating whether we can reach them. At least for the proposed health targets one thing is clear, they…
U.S. Should Invest In West Africa’s Health Care Infrastructure June 17, 2015 News Summary Roll Call: Spike in West Africa Ebola Cases Shows Need to Address Underlying Health Care Needs Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) “…The lesson from [the West Africa Ebola epidemic] is clear: For our own safety and for the long-term stability of the African economy we need to assist with investments in…
Kaiser Family Foundation Budget Summary Discusses Global Health Aspects Of FY16 Labor-HHS Draft Appropriations Bill June 17, 2015 News Summary Kaiser Family Foundation: House Appropriations Committee releases FY16 Health & Human Services Appropriations Bill This budget summary highlights global health-related funding contained in a draft FY 2016 Departments of Labor, Health & Human Services, Education and Related Agencies appropriations bill, released on Tuesday by the House Committee on Appropriations. “The…
Pakistan Announces Aid Groups Must Register With Government Within 3 Months To Continue Operations Over Next 6 Months June 17, 2015 News Summary Associated Press: Pakistan says aid groups can operate for another 6 months “Pakistan’s government announced Tuesday that international aid groups can operate for another six months provided they register with officials in three months’ time, a relief for humanitarian groups worried since authorities suddenly shut the offices of Save the…
More Funding Needed To Respond To Humanitarian Emergencies, U.N. Report Says June 17, 2015 News Summary U.N. News Centre: Latest U.N. humanitarian report reveals surge in financing needs for relief efforts “Amid a widespread diffusion of conflicts and crises across the globe, an increasing amount of funding is now required to respond to the world’s growing humanitarian calamities, according to the latest report released [Tuesday] by…
World Must Learn From Ebola To Avoid Future Disasters, U.K. Expert Says June 17, 2015 News Summary The Guardian: U.K. expert warns of disaster if lessons are not learned from Ebola outbreak “Failure to learn the lessons of the Ebola outbreak will have unthinkable consequences when the next global health emergency erupts, the former head of the U.K.’s Ebola taskforce in Sierra Leone has warned. Donal Brown,…
Improving Menstrual Hygiene Gets More Traction As Global Health Issue June 17, 2015 News Summary NPR: People Are Finally Talking About The Thing Nobody Wants To Talk About “…[A]ddressing [menstrual hygiene] is a challenge, says [Elynn Walter, an activist who works at WASH Advocates], because even otherwise level-headed experts on poverty tend to get squeamish when the talk turns to periods. In fact, Walter thinks…
On London Visit, First Lady Michelle Obama Launches U.S./U.K. Partnership To Educate Girls In DRC, Other African Nations June 17, 2015 News Summary BBC News: Education key, Michelle Obama tells London schoolgirls “U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama has told pupils at a girls’ school in east London that education is the ‘ultimate key’ to their success. … The visit is part of her global initiative to promote female education…” (6/16). CNN: Michelle Obama…
WHO Prequalifies China’s Single-Use, Disposable Male Circumcision Device June 17, 2015 News Summary Financial Times: Circumcision device challenges China copycat image “China’s leaders have long lamented a perceived lack of innovation in the country but, according to the World Health Organization, there is at least one area where Chinese companies have taken the lead — male circumcision. The WHO has prequalified a Chinese-made…
Russian Government’s Focus On HIV Treatment Poses Challenges For Advocates Working To Prevent Disease June 17, 2015 News Summary Agence France-Presse: Activists struggle in fight with Russian AIDS epidemic “…The figures show the [Russian] government’s [HIV/AIDS] policy — focusing exclusively on treatment rather than prevention — is having disastrous consequences. The number of Russians registered with HIV rose to around 930,000 as of last year from around 500,000 in…